Rhetorical Devices - Quiz #2

Giving human-like qualities to something that is not human: "The tired old truck groaned as it inched up the hill

• Imagery

• Foreshadowing

• Personaification

• Mood

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

a description involving a "crossing of the senses." "A purplish scent filled the room." "I was deafened by his brightly-colored clothing."

• Personification

• Synecdoche

• Syllogism

• Synesthesia

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

The major category into which a literary work fits. (Prose, poetry, and drama).

• Genre

• Foreshadowing

• Juxtaposition

• Invective

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Writing characterized by gloom, mystery, fear and/or death. Also refers to an architectural style of the middle ages, often seen in cathedrals of this period.

• Genre

• Oxymoron

• Motif

• Gothic

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

When you say something and mean the opposite. If you tone of voice is bitter, it's called sarcasm.

• Dramatic Irony

• Verbal Irony

• Situational Irony

• Complex Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

A long, emotionally violent, attack using strong, abusive language.

• Invective

• Imagery

• Juxtapostion

• Didactic

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

When the audience of a drama, movie, or play knows something the characters do not.

• Dramatic Irony

• Verbal Irony

• Situational Irony

• Complex Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Word or words that create a picture in the reader's mind. Usually this involves the five senses.

• Invective

• Imagery

• Irony

• Anaphora

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Found in the plot (or story line) of a book, story, or movie. When one thing happens but the audience would expect the opposite to happen.

• Dramatic Irony

• Verbal Irony

• Situational Irony

• Complex Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

When apparently contradictory terms are grouped together and suggest a paradox - "wise fool," "jumbo shrimp."

• Motif

• Mood

• Paradox

• Oxymoron